In London's publishing world, everyone knows the value of a good story. Then literary agents begin to die in ways that echo the books on their shelves.
Detective Inspector Jake Kowalczyk sees a pattern where others see coincidence. Following it takes him into a close-knit world of bruised ambitions, carefully guarded reputations and people who know how to make themselves indispensable-or invisible.
In A Deathly Silence, Christina Koning brings dry wit and a sharp eye for character to an atmospheric crime novel about who gets heard, who gets overlooked, and what can happen when disappointment turns into something darker.
Every book holds a clue. But whose story is the killer trying to tell?